David Gilmour has claimed his tenure in Pink Floyd means his collaborators show him “way too much deference”.
While recently speaking to the Sun, Gilmour reflected on the weight of his achievements with the band, saying: “After you achieve these dizzying heights, people tend to show you way too much deference.
“It becomes hard to retrieve the setup you had when you were young. In the earlier stages of Pink Floyd, we could be as rude and insulting to each other about our personalities and our music as we wanted – and yet everything would be all right in the end.”
Referencing Rodger Waters’ exit from the band in 1985, he said “No one ever stomped off permanently, until that bloke did”. He explained he felt “thrust into being band leader”, but prefers “a more collaborative approach”.
Gilmour is set to release his solo album, ‘Luck And Strange’ this September, which you can pre-order / pre-save here. On the upcoming record, he enlisted the help of producer Charlie Andrew, who Gilmour was pleased to discover was unaware of his work with Pink Floyd.
The new album, Luck and Strange, out 6th September.
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“I looked at all the people I knew but I’d got to a point in life where I wanted to move things forward in a different way,” Gilmour explained.
“I made contact with Charlie and he came down to the house. He had a total lack of knowledge of Pink Floyd and the side of the music industry that I come from.” Gilmour recalled being thrilled that Andrew was “refreshingly blunt with some of his opinions.”
Elsewhere, the former Pink Floyd rocker recently claimed the new album is the “best” music he’s made since ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’.
Gilmour is also due to perform several concerts this year, marking his return to the stage for the first time in eight years. It includes five shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London – you’ll be able to buy your tickets here.
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